The French presidency of the UN Security Council refused to allow Minsk to speak on Ukraine
Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov said that France did not allow his country to take part in a meeting of the UN Security Council
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- The French presidency of the UN Security Council did not allow the head of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, Maxim Ryzhenkov, to speak at a meeting on Ukraine.
- Ryzhenkov noted that Minsk requested participation as a party involved in the regional consequences of the conflict, but was refused.
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Why It Matters
In September 2024, France presided over the UN Security Council. The meeting on Ukraine took place on Wednesday last week.
The French presidency did not allow Minsk to speak at a meeting of the UN Security Council (SC) on Ukraine, head of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry Maxim Ryzhenkov said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
The corresponding meeting was held last week on Wednesday. Russia was represented by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. France presided over the UN Security Council in September.
“As soon as we learned that it would take place as a country that is directly involved in regional problems caused by this conflict, of a humanitarian, economic, political nature, we immediately made a proposal that our representative, that is, me, also make an assessment of what is happening and with our proposals for further actions. But, despite the wide range of countries that were given the floor, the French presidency forbade us to participate,” Ryzhenkov told the agency on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
At the same time, he noted that the Russian Federation supported Belarus’ participation in the meeting. A number of countries, such as Spain, were allowed to participate in the meeting.
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